上帝厌倦了人类的种种错误，决定躲开人类去度假，好好去放松一下。但是，为了达到他的目的，上帝必须找到一个圣人，在他不在的这段时间暂时帮他照料一切。上帝决定在巴西寻找这个圣人，因为巴西是一个虔诚的国家却从来没出过圣人。
在这期间上帝遇到他在巴西的向导图卡，一个修理工兼渔夫，图卡觉得和上帝同行是自己飞黄腾达的一次机会。之后一个孤独且热情地年轻女子玛达也加入了他们的旅程。 在寻找圣人的最终候选人奎卡的旅程中，图卡、玛达和上帝经历了许多有趣的惊险和考验。

Brazilian town of Santa An-du-Agreshte welcomes his "prodigal daughter" Tieta, after a very long absence. When Tieta was 17, her father and older sister threw her out of the house "for bad behavior." And she returns home - very beautiful and, most importantly, fabulously rich. Her appearance causes a stir in the small town lost in time and space. After all, Tieta has more money than all of its residents, and she becomes the main benefactor of the town. But her older sister, burning with envy and dreaming to bring Titus "to light", suits against her a conspiracy ...